Chapter 64: The Empty City Plan
"Yaga, the face of the Sixth Division has been lost by you" A heavy slap fell on Okamoto Baoyuki's face, Okamoto Baoyuki, who was surrounded on the hill, did not wash his face for two days, coupled with this powerful slap, the already dull face became even more exciting at this time, and a red slap was printed on the left side of Okamoto Baoyuki's face, and it became a yang face.
"Pap" "Pap" "Pap" division commander Kanda Masakazu slapped Okamoto Hoichi a few times, as if he was not relieved, he simply rounded his arm and hit it twice, Okamoto Hoyuki's already round cheeks instantly plumped, but if you look closely, you will find that his left face is still plumper than the right cheek. "Hi" Okamoto Hoyuki, who was slapped back, didn't dare to fight the head of the division, so he had to endure the dizziness and straighten his body to bow and apologize to Kanda Masazen.
The angry Kanda Masasa looked around at the side, the sixth division in charge of more than a year has been in the army and cautious, the officers who were swept by his gaze did not dare to look at him, and the captain of the 13th Wing, Okamoto Hoyuki, who was slapped in public, lowered his head and was worried. It's no wonder that Kanda is throwing a tantrum, as the forward of the division, the 13th Infantry Wing has been from Mandalay for 5 days, Lashio is not very far from Mandalay, and the 5 days are used up and arrived early, not to mention that the 13th Wing is also equipped with trucks, and the Springfield Brigade as the lead is also equipped with a combat convoy, and the entire brigade is completely motorized marching.
But in reality, five days later, the 13th Infantry Wing, which served as the vanguard of the division, not only did not arrive at Lashio, but also lost half of the soldiers, including the Chuntian Brigade, and the chariots assigned to them were also wiped out. If it was just a loss of personnel, it would have been forgotten, but after being attacked continuously, Okamoto Hoyuki's 13th Wing did not even find the shadow of the attacker, and in the end it was surrounded alive by several small units on a hill, and the prestige of the 6th Division was all defeated by the damned 13th Wing.
"Division commander, please give us the 13th Wing another chance, I request that our 13th Wing be the forward to pass through the rolling dragon slope, we were attacked there the night before yesterday" Seeing that Kanda Masashi's anger had subsided, Okamoto Hoishiichi gritted his teeth and stood up. If the 13th Wing can't wash away the humiliation inflicted by the Thunder with victory, then the 13th Wing will be abandoned by the division, and everything he longs for will eventually be far away from him, for his desire and the honor of the soldiers, he must stand up and regain the position of the striker.
"Oh" Kanda Masa squinted at the restless Okamoto Hoyuki, "Your 13th Wing was not the opponent of the Thunder when it was fully formed, and now it has more than half of the casualties, do you think the current 13th Wing can defeat the Thunder's troops?" Kanda's words made Okamoto Hoyuki embarrassed, and he had the idea of finding a crack in the ground and getting into it immediately. However, this matter is related to the 13th Wing and his own reputation, and he cannot afford to back down, even if Kanda Masashi says something even more ugly, Okamoto Hoyuki intends not to back down.
"Yes, division commander, please give us another chance, if the 13th Wing can't defeat the troops of the Thunder stationed in Rolling Dragon Slope, I will apologize" Okamoto Hoyuki bowed to Kanda with a serious expression, his sweaty head had already touched the dirt. The 13th Wing has always been a sharp sword of the 6th Division, Kanda Masasan slapped Okamoto Hoyuki and reprimanded him, Ben had no intention of abandoning the 13th Wing, it was Okamoto Hoyuki himself who would be wrong, but Kanda Masasan seemed to be very satisfied with this result.
"Well, it's 11 o'clock, before dinner, I hope to see your 13th Wing's wing flag appear at the top of Rolling Dragon Slope, otherwise I don't mind sending you to see the great god by hand" Kanda Masa looked at the time and gave Okamoto Bao's order, it was dark early in Myanmar, basically 5 o'clock was dinner time, Okamoto Baoyuki only had 6 hours to get through Rolling Dragon Slope, from the time point of view, Kanda Masa still took care of the 13th Wing.
"Hey, the 13th Wing will definitely be able to plant the flag on the top of the Rolling Dragon Slope before dinner" Okamoto Hoyuki, who had water vapor in his eyes, bowed deeply to Kanda Masazen, and then strode towards his troops. The 1,500 soldiers of the 13th Wing, who had already been assembled, stood in a large area, without the restraint of the officers, these soldiers were all straight and silent, and the large troops arrived, and it was not only the Wing Commander Okamoto Hoyuki who received humiliation, but even they who escaped nine deaths were ridiculed by the soldiers of the other wings, and their self-esteem and sense of honor made the originally scattered 13th Wing regain their fighting spirit.
"The goal is to roll the dragon slope, go" Okamoto Baozhi did not do pre-war mobilization, just a few simple words and led the team to go straight to the rolling dragon slope, the battle spirit and anger in the eyes of the soldiers have already been seen clearly by Okamoto Baoyuki, the tirade is obviously redundant at this time, the soldier already has the heart of death, and what battle dare not fight. The distance of 3 miles was less than an hour, and the rolling wood that had been so powerful the night before yesterday had already been burned to white ashes, leaving only the corpses of Japanese soldiers under the roadbed on both sides of the road.
Today's weather is good, Okamoto Baoyuki and they are in the upper hand, and there is no need to be afraid of the other party releasing poison gas in such weather, which makes Okamoto Baoyuki, who is proficient in battlefield fighting, a little more confident. "Ogasawara will attack from the left with your squadron, Shinto will take your squadron to the right flank, and I will take the rest of the soldiers to attack from the front to attract their firepower" Okamoto took off his military jacket to reveal the shirt inside, and bowed deeply to the officers present, "Please, everyone, you must take Rolling Dragon Slope, otherwise our 13th Wing will be regarded as cowards by other wings, please"
The bloodstains under the rolling dragon slope are still faintly visible, it is the blood of the soldiers of Yamamoto's brigade, and the soldiers and officers of the 13th Wing who participated in this attack are unusually silent, and they are all holding their breath to take the rolling dragon slope. As the commander of Okamoto Yasuyuki drew his scabbard, the 13th Wing that pulled out the skirmish line began to attack the mountain, with more than 200 people from Ogasawara's squadron on the left flank, more than 200 soldiers personally led by the wing staff officer Shinto on the right flank, and more than 900 Japanese troops led by Okamoto Hoyuki himself who walked in front of the main attack, and the remaining 1,500 attack troops of the 13th Wing discharged a three-arrow formation.
Traps and traps still appear from time to time, Tang Lei did not dismantle those traps that were not triggered by Yamamoto's brigade when they evacuated Rolling Dragon Slope, but now they have been caught up by Okamoto Baoyuki. Halfway up the mountain, the middle lane troops led by Okamoto Baoyuki himself have already been trapped and trapped in the horse pit to cause dozens of casualties, but in the eyes of Okamoto Baoyuki, who is bound to win the rolling dragon slope, this casualty is really nothing, as long as he can take the rolling dragon slope, the division commander Kanda Masa will definitely give him additional troops.
The Ogasawara squadron, which was on the left flank, stepped on the mine, and the two soldiers who were blown up by the mine in mid-air wailed and rolled to the ground and screamed, probably because the power of the mine was not enough, and the two soldiers were only blown off their legs by the mine, but their lives were worry-free. "Boom" The Kanda side of the right flank also triggered the mine, and there were two soldiers who were blown off their legs and kept rolling and wailing on the ground, "Watch your feet, be careful of mines" The officers restrained their soldiers to slow down, and the veterans had already added bayonets to their rifles to act as mine detectors to pierce the ground, hoping that they could find the mines planted by the enemy in time.
Coincidentally, not long after the mines were triggered on both flanks, there were also soldiers on the side of Okamoto Hoyuki in the middle who triggered the mines, but this time not one, but four in a row. When the smoke cleared, Okamoto opened his mouth wide and couldn't believe his eyes, and more than 30 soldiers from the two infantry squads in the forward position in the middle were all lying in pools of blood. You must know that in order to guard against possible mines, the distance between the middle troops under the command of Okamoto Hoyuki will not be less than 4 meters, and the space actually occupied by the two combat squads is at least 150 meters long and wide, how can this be brought down by all four mines?
Okamoto didn't know what kind of mine Tang Lei had planted in the middle of the mountain, and if he knew the type and lethality of this mine, he would never have ordered the soldiers to move on. Tang Lei planted an S jump mine from Germany in the middle of the mountain, which is a kind of mine specially designed to deal with infantry, especially in an open area like the middle of the rolling dragon slope. S jumping mine is actually a combination of mortar principle and landmine, after the fuse is fired, it will trigger the projectile at the bottom of the jumping mine, when the thunder body of the jumping mine is thrown 1.5 meters to 2 meters on the projectile charge to explode, more than 300 steel balls in the thunder body will become a killing weapon in all directions.
Okamoto Hoyuki, who vowed to take the Rolling Dragon Slope, was deterred by the casualties in front of him, and under his strong order, the troops continued to move forward, although traps and mines still appeared from time to time, but the 13th Wing still marched to the top of the slope little by little. But the most strange thing is that the resisters who were supposed to be guarding Rolling Dragon Slope did not move at all, whether it was the Thunder troops or those Burmese guerrillas, all of them were more careful after climbing halfway up the mountain, and it was only a day since the Yamamoto brigade was broken by the other side with rolling logs, and everyone did not want to follow in their footsteps.
"Baga, damn the thunder has played us" After paying more than 100 casualties, the panting 13th Wing finally touched the rolling dragon slope after several careful trials. Looking at the top of the slope where no one was seen, Okamoto Hoyuki jumped like thunder, the enemy troops who were guarding this place had already left, and they were simply setting up an empty city plan, but it was ridiculous that he commanded 1,500 people and was actually consumed by a few mines for a full three hours.